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20 Cards in this Set
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askance'
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(adv) with suspicion , distrust, or disapproval.
syn: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically. |
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atten'uate
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(v) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value.
syn: thin out, dilute, water down. ant: thicken, straighten, bolster. |
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benign'
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(adj) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant.
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cav'il
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(v) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n) a trivial objection or criticism.
syn: nitpick, quibble |
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char'latan
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(n) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack.
syn: fraud, mountebank. |
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dec'imate
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(v) to kill or destroy a large part of.
syn: ravage, devastate. |
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foi'ble
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(n) a weak point, failing, minor flaw.
syn: shortcoming, defect, quirk. ant: forte, virtue. |
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forgo'
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(v) to do without, abstain from, give up.
syn: refrain from, renounce. ant: indulge in, partake of |
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fraught
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(adj) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
syn: charged with ant: devoid of, lacking, deficent in |
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inure'
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(v) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure.
syn: accustom, acclimate. |
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lu'minous
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(adj) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating.
syn: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous. ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky. |
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obse'quious
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(adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons.
syn: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed. ant: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent. |
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obtuse'
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(adj) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90° and 180°; not causing a sharp impression.
syn: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted. ant: acute, perceptive, quick-witted. |
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os'cillate
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(v) to awing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver.
syn: vibrate, vacillate. |
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pen'itent
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(adj) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n) one who is sorry for wrongdoing.
syn: (adj) remorseful, regretful;, rueful, sorry ant: (adj) unrepentant, remorseless. |
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peremp'tory
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(adj) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute.
syn: high-handed, unconditional. ant: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming. |
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rebuff'
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(v) to snub; repel, drive away; (n) a curt rejection, a check.
syn: (v) spurn, repulse, reject; (n) setback. ant: (v) accept, welcome. |
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reconnoit'er
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(v) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection.
syn: scout. |
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sham'bles
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(n) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess.
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sporad'ic
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(adj) occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order.
syn: intermittent, spasmodic. ant: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted. |
